Actors and Directors (49) behind the scenes photographs....

Description

Actors and Directors (49) behind the scenes photographs. (Various, 1910s-1940s) Vintage original (49) gelatin silver single and double-weight, matte and glossy photographs of actors and directors at work, spanning three+ decades of the industry. Ranging in size from 4.5 x 6.5 in. to 9.25 x 12.25 in. including such icons of Hollywood's golden age as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Vincent Sherman, Frank Borzage, Marion Davies, Debbie Reynolds, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis, Woody Van Dyke, Jeanette MacDonald, Ida Lupino, Charles Laughton, James Wong Howe, Ernst Lubitsch, Carole Lombard, Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Clarence Brown, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, Tyrone Power, Clark Gable, Preston Sturges and more. Majority retain verso credit stamps, descriptive snipes, or studio text. Condition varies with several trimmed for publication, overall good to very good.

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